Morpheme
Fault
Type
free base
Denotation
deficiency, failure, mistake, error, shortcoming, opening, gap, fracture
Etymology
Middle English faute, faulte; Anglo-Norman faute; Old French faute; Latin falsus, from fallere
Evidence
default, defaulted, defaulter, defaulting, defaults, downfault, fault, faultable, faulter, faultfinder, faultless, faults, faulted, faultier, faultiest, faultily, faultiness, faultfinder, faultfinding, faulting, faulty, footfault, footfaulting, upfault
Notes
<l> restored c.1400 analogous to sault, vault
